It was hard to exert oneself while wearing a breathe-mask.

Sloth, perhaps-that one was too lazy to exert oneself?

Now to exert oneself and work for the sake of amusement seems silly and utterly childish.

If one must exert oneself to such a degree as such war promises, one is surely entitled to the interest of uncertainty."

The process, whereby rational efforts are made by the jurist to arrive at an appropriate ruling, when applied is called ijtihad (literally meaning "exerting oneself").

(The name 'Israel' is here understood as coming from a rare Hebrew verb meaning 'strive'or 'exert oneself'.

It was good to exert oneself, to feel ones hooves dig the ground, to hear the creaking of the harness, to see the rich brown dirt steaming from sub-Gaean heat.

But to amuse oneself in order that one may exert oneself, as Anacharsis puts it, seems right; for amusement is a sort of relaxation, and we need relaxation because we cannot work continuously.

The reserve is open from September through April on Saturdays and Sundays and is an idyllic place to laze away or exert oneself - both koppies may be climbed, and original rock art can be observed.

According to the Algeos, some names are given classical endings, as in Cuomostasis (the state of wanting a job but not being willing to exert oneself for it) or Buttafuoccum (which rhymes with hokum and means a tawdry matter overexposed in the press).

The phrase Gå upp och pröva dina vingar, which was coined for the song, has entered the Swedish idiom, and is used both literally about flying, especially gliding and figuratively, as an exhortation to try new things or exert oneself.

The party should be able to exert some political power.

So we have to try to become involved here and exert control.

Even though she'd had to exert herself a bit to do so.

She had tried to exert her power on a man whose love was true.

And only in that form can they continue to exert any kind of will.

We seem to exert every effort to make the least of the most.

You will have to exert yourself to keep up with him.

And that is why you will never be able to exert any real force over her.

Then she exerted her full will and looked far in, not out.

He would have to try to find some way to exert influence.

I exert the same quality of power in all places.

The girl did not cause the force to be exerted.

Still, she would expect him to exert himself to keep it.

I still think you should exert a little more authority.

He would tell me always not to travel and exert myself so much.

I believe we must in future exert much more pressure on this issue.

Clearly he felt his power over them now, and was beginning to exert it.

"We cannot believe its words, and the international community should exert more pressure on it."

I had to rise and exert myself to get the back door open.

One individual country should not be able to stop action and in so doing exert pressure on the rest of the Union.

How much control can a writer exert over his own life?

She'd never loved him enough to exert it to the full before.

But now hardly anyone was strong enough to exert himself.

His hand in your hair is still, exerting no force.

Power can be exerted by the use of force or violence.